Autographic register.



No. 831,949. PATENTBD SEPT. 25, 1906.

P. HAND.

.AUTOGRAPHICy REGISTER.

APPLIGATIQN num 1330.20, 1905.

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WlTNESSES:

-INVENTOR ATTORNEY I ATEN'-IIED SEPT. 25', 1906.

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AUTOGRAPHIG REGISTER.

'APPLICATION FILED DEO. 20,1905.

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ATTORNEY No,V 831,945.

BATENTED SEPT. 25, 1906.

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i PHILIP HANo, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 20,1905. Serial No. 292.575.

Patented sept. 25, 190e.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP HANO, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Autographic Registers, of which the following is aspecication.

By means of this invention the operation of an autographic register is facilitated or expedited. The arrangement is such that both hands of the operator or salesman can be utilized without interfering with one another, and as a record is made or duplicated or multiplied the strip or the paper Written on or utilized can be rapidly fed along to allow subsequent recordsfto be made at rapid intervals. By providing a slip or friction storage or roller for a strip or record coming from theregister such record can vbe tightly or compactly wound, but without danger of the paper or record being torn or injured. The

device is also shown with means for kee ing the strips of aperl Hat or preventing shifting and with -ot er features, as presently explained.

This invention is set forth in the following speciiication and claims and illustrated in the annexed drawings, in which' Figure 1 is a plan view of an autographic register. embodying this invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section along x Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a view like Fig. 1, sho wing the slide extended. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is an inverted plan view along y y, Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is section along z 2, showing a storage or winding roller for a record sheet or strip. Fig. 8 shows a jaw. Fig. 9 is a sectional detail.

In the drawings is shown a frame or support a, which can be composed of two hinged sections or of any other suitable construction.

Inthe drawings is shown a hinge at b.

A writing-table is shown at c and a top 'plate at d. The top plate has an opening, as usual,.to ex ose the paper or record strip or strips e at tlie table c, so that writing can .be done on the strip. Three record-strips are shown in the drawings; Abut of course another number of strips could be inserted into the machine.

Carbon or transfer paper is shown at f. Such transfer-sheets are of course applied in such number as required or to correspond to the number of transfer-copies required.

A carriage or slide is shown composed of a frame-like structure or side bars g and cross or front piece h. Fixed above the front bar h is a bridge piece or strip i, between which and the cross-piece h the record-sheets or some of them can be extended. This strip or metal bar i forms a jaw ora member of a clamp, the other member of which is shown at c. The jaw member 7c is movable or can swing abouta fulcru'm or pivot o and is provided With an arm m, jointed or pivoted at p to a rod* or link g. The leading edges or front part of the record-strips are extended between the jaws i c, and when the carriage moves forward the strips aregrip ed or the movable jaw c closed against the fzed jaw i, and the record-strips are drawn forward a certain extent. On the return of the carriage the jaws open or the movable jaw moves away from the fixed one, 'and the carriage on its return leaves the sheets undisturbed or with the front portion drawnout, as described. The drawn-out portion of the sheets or of some of them could be rip ed or torn off at an edge of bar or jaw fi., wv 'ch is sharpened or formedas a ripper. One or more of the sheets could also be stored in the machine or register, if desired. The slide is connected by link r to a le ver s, fulcrumed at t and having one arm provided with a handle u. As the lever is moved back and forth it reeiprocates the carriage. The lever, or rather the link r, is connected to the rod q, so that as the link moves forward the rod q closes the jaw c to jaw 'i to clam the paper and vthen propel the carriage. he return movement of the rod q pulls on arm m to o en jaw c and then return. the carriage.

he record-strips e are shown in form of rolls which can be unwound from spindles 2. The transfer or carbon sheets extend from box or holder 3, whose cover 4 can be held closed by the superposed removable top plate d.

At a suitable point or pivot? on the slide or piece h is a ratchet-rack 8, engaging a ratchet-Wheel 10 on a s indle 11. A windup sleeve 9 is frictiona ly mounted on the spindle 11that is, a spring 14 is interposed between the spindle and sleeve 9. the record-strips can be led about a roller 12 on the slide to thestorage-roller 9 and wound up. The slip connection or friction-spring 14 prevents the stored strip being wound too tight or being torn, since in case the stored strip is stretched tight the spindle can slip or rotate idly in the sleeve. The ratchet-rack of course clicks idly over ratchet-wheel 10 TOO One of when running in one direction, but engages the ratchet-wheel to wind the strip when running in the opposite direction.

Under the table cis shown aguide or channel 15 and at its front a lip or stop 16. The slide or carriage is shown with rods 17, carrying a cross-brace 18, in which plays the driving-rod q, linked to lever s and actuating the slide or carriage, A slight longitudinal play of rod g is suflicient for this rod to operate the jaw k, and after such jaw has been opened or closed the rod g will move the carriage in required direction. The cross-brace 18 can be set by nuts 19 so as to strike stop 16 sooner or later and adjust the travel or throw of the carriage to the required length or stretch of paper required from the strip for each registration. The rod g is shown with a guidepiece 20 screwed or attached thereto, which piece runs in track 15. The rod g thus runs steadily or easily. A tension is shown for.

the various rolls or spindles 2. A screw 21 can be set to press a spring 22 more or less against the end of its respective roll or strip, as required. The spring 22 can easily be formed from lat plates screwed at one end to the frame or base, while the free end is free to be set by its set-screw. The antishift-spring 23 serves to keep the paper flat and prevents the same from shifting or creeping. This spring can be formed of a flat plate secured at one or both ends to the top plate, or rather its under face, and by suitably turning screw 24 a part of this spring can be suitably pressed to the paper to iiatten and prevent shift of the same.A Therack S is shown held up by box 25, which also serves as a guide Jfor the rack as it moves back and forth. The spindle 11 is held in place by a lock or bolt 26, and when this bolt is freed or slid out of the notched part of the spindle the latter can be withdrawn, and the sleeve 9 will then be freed, and its spring 14 can be withdrawn. The parts can be assembled by replacing the spring, running the spindle through its bearings in the frame and through the sleeve, and locking the slide or bolt 26.

The machine is adapted to use printed forms and to keep the same in alinement,

these printedL forms bein on endless stri s wound on rolls. The sing e movement of t e hand for moving lever s in either direction .will grip or release the paper at the same time as moving the carriage one wa or another. l The rods 17 form a rest w en the carriage is extended to prevent the paper or record strips from curling or sagging.. The

top plate d can be .connected in a variety of ways, a hinge 27 being shown in the example illustrated.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An autogra hic register com rising a paper-supply an ,Writing-table, a s ide having paper-gripping jaws for moving the papor, an actuating-rod for thejaws, a guide for the slide rovided .with a stop, and a cross-brace ad)justable along the slide and made to loosely support the jaw-actuating rod and coact with the stop.

2. An autographic register com rising a paper-supply and writing-table, a s ide with gripper for moving the paper, a gripper-actuating rod and lever made to reciprocate the slide, a track or guide with a stop under the p table, a guideiece on the gripper-actuating rod engaging t e guide, rods moving with the slide and a cross-brace adjustable along the rods and made to coact with the stop.

3. An autographic register comprising paper-supply rolls, a writing-table7 al slide for moving the paper, an antishift-spring eX- tended across the paper and the table, and a screw for pressing said spring to the paper.

4. An autographic register comprising paper-supply rolls, a writing-table, a top plate, means for moving the paper, a spring carried by the top plate and adapted to press onto the paper on the table, and means for adjusting the action of said spring.

In testimony whereoi1 I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing l Witnesses GEORGE HULsBERG, EDWARD WrEsNER. 

